5.5

CVE-2020-36777

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()

dvb_media_device_free() is leaking memory. Free `dvbdev->adapter->conn`
before setting it to NULL, as documented in include/media/media-device.h:
"The media_entity instance itself must be freed explicitly by the driver
if required."
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.5.0 < 4.9.269
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.10.0 < 4.14.233
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.15.0 < 4.19.191
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.20.0 < 5.4.118
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.5.0 < 5.10.36
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11.0 < 5.11.20
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.12.0 < 5.12.3
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.003
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.